siyam-siyam

Cebuano

Etymology

Reduplication of siyam.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: si‧yam‧si‧yam

Noun

siyam-siyam

1. a long time

Tagalog

Etymology

Reduplication of siyam (“nine”). The sense “monsoon rain” from days of continuous rain, ranging around nine days, used to mark the beginning of the rainy season usually by the end of the month of May.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˌam siˈam/ [ˌʃam ˈʃam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: si‧yam-si‧yam

Noun

siyám-siyám (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜋ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜋ᜔)

1. monsoon rain that usually lasts for more than a week

Adjective

siyám-siyám (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜋ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜋ᜔)

1. nine at a time

Further reading

• “siyam-siyam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018